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Scientists want to recreate ancient herpes virus found in Neanderthal DNA
Daily Express· 2 days ago"Herpesviruses, in particular, might have been a major cause forNeanderthal extinction," the report...
Oldest Known Human Viruses Discovered In 50,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Bones
IFLScience· 3 days agoDid viruses play a role in the extinction of Neanderthals? To make this finding, the team combed...
130,000-year-old Neanderthal-carved bear bone is symbolic art, study argues
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNeanderthals made parallel marks on this bear bone. A nearly 130,000-year-old bear bone was...
Reconstructed Realities: Bringing a Crushed 75,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Skull to Life
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoA new Netflix documentary, “Secrets of the Neanderthals,” has reconstructed the face of a...
Five Best: Books on Breakthroughs in Biology
The Wall Street Journal· 16 hours agoIn “Who We Are and How We Got Here,” the geneticist David Reich draws on DNA evidence to describe events such as the long-ago migration of Asians who...
Scientists discover oldest known human virus in 50,000 year old bones
UNILAD· 2 days agoThe remains are believed to date back over 50,000 years, and were discovered in Chagyrskaya cave in...
Heavy metals in Beethoven's hair may explain his deafness, study finds
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHigh levels of heavy metals detected in Ludwig van Beethoven's hair reveal that he may have had lead...
Why did Beethoven go deaf? DNA testing solves 200 year old mystery
Boing Boing· 2 days agoNow the mystery of Beethoven's famous health problems may be solved. Beethoven famously began losing...
